/* Return a pointer to the 'number'th field in line */

/*
    Contact info:
    bhepple@freeshell.org
    http://bhepple.freeshell.org

    Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Bob Hepple

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
    Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

char *field(line, number, separator)
	char	*line, separator;
	int	number;
{
	char	*s = line;
	int	count;

	for (count = 0; count < number; count++)
		if ((s = strchr(s, separator)) == NULL)
			return(NULL);
		else
			s++;
	return(s);
}



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